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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 2, 1995Dickey County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1995, 2:55 AM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1995, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Dickey County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.0

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.